Showing results? An analysis of the perceptions of internal and external stakeholders of the public performance communication by the Belgian and Dutch Railways

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Gelders, Dave ^a   Galetzka, Mirjam ^b   Verckens, Jan Pieter ^c   Seydel, Erwin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c Lessius University College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Performance; Performance communication; Public communication; Railways; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749111523     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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